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MEDAN: A vendor packs vegetable oil at a traditional market in Medan.—AFP

Indonesia's palm oil export ban heats up vegetable oil market

JAKARTA: Indonesia's decision to suspend palm oil exports in the face of domestic shortages has pushed vegetable oil prices to new highs, further tightening a market already on edge due to the war in Ukraine and global warming. The prices of palm, soybean, European rapeseed and even its Canadian GMO counterpart, canola oil, have reached historic highs following Indonesia's announcement on Wednesday."We already had problems with soybeans in South...

LOS ANGELES: In this file photo taken, gas prices are posted at a Mobil petrol station in Los Angeles.-- AFP

Boosted by oil prices, ExxonMobil, Chevron throw cash at investors

LOS ANGELES: ExxonMobil and Chevron reported soaring profits Friday despite lower oil and natural gas volumes as the petroleum giants return billions of dollars to shareholders in the wake of lofty crude prices and refining margins. Both US oil giants scored huge profit increases propelled by crude prices that rose after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. But both companies have thus far avoided additional capital spending increases to fund...

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Eurozone economy hit by Ukraine war fallout as production declines

KUWAIT: The eurozone economy felt the fallout from the Ukraine war as output slowed and inflation stayed at record levels, official data showed Friday, imperiling Europe's recovery from the pandemic. The EU statistics agency said growth in the 19 countries that use the euro crawled along at 0.2 percent between January and March, down from 0.3 percent in the final quarter of 2021. For the European Union as a whole, gross domestic product grew by...

NEWCASTLE: Newcastle United's Paraguayan midfielder Miguel Almiron controls the ball past Liverpool's Brazilian goalkeeper Alisson Becker and scores, but the goal was cancelled due to an offside position, during their English Premier League match at St James' Park on April 30, 2022. - AFP

Keita takes Liverpool top with win

NEWCASTLE: Liverpool forged back ahead of Manchester City at the top of the Premier League as Naby Keita's solitary goal beat Newcastle 1-0 at St. James' Park. With the game sandwiched between two legs of a Champions League semi-final against Villarreal, Jurgen Klopp made five changes.The Reds could have made life easier for themselves had Sadio Mane and Diogo Jota not missed big chances to extend Liverpool's lead. However, Keita's controversial...

KUWAIT: Winners of the bowling tournament are awarded.

Ramadan bowling tourneys a success

By Abdellatif SharaaKUWAIT: As part of its plans to popularize bowling and improve the technical and physical level of players, Kuwait Bowling Club organized three Ramadan tournaments, from the start of the holy month until the end.KBC President Sheikh Talal Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and Secretary Mohammad Al-Farsi attended the closing ceremony and rewarded the winners. Tournament Director Khalid Habeeb lauded the support of the board of directors...

MINNEAPOLIS: Brandon Clarke #15 of the Memphis Grizzlies goes up for a shot while Karl-Anthony Towns #32 of the Minnesota Timberwolves defends in the third quarter during Game Six of the Western Conference First Round at Target Center on April 29, 2022. - AFP

Grizzlies clinch playoff victory after Wolves collapse again

LOS ANGELES: Desmond Bane scored 23 points as the Memphis Grizzlies stunned the Minnesota Timberwolves with another late fourth-quarter rally to score a series-clinching 114-106 victory in the NBA playoffs on Friday. Bane made nine of 15 shots from the field including a crucial go-ahead three-pointer late in the fourth quarter as the second seeds completed a 4-2 series win to silence Minnesota's Target Center crowd in Minneapolis.It was another...

TOKYO: This picture taken on April 6, 2022 shows retired Japanese sumo wrestler and owner of the Hanasaki daycare center, Keisuke Kamikawa, who competed under the name Wakatenro, eating lunch with his family and elderly women at the center. - AFP

Retired sumo wrestlers fight for new careers

KYOTO: When Japanese sumo wrestler Takuya Saito retired from the sport at 32 and began jobhunting, he had no professional experience and didn't even know how to use a computer. Athletes in many sports can struggle to reinvent themselves after retirement, but the challenge is particularly acute for those in the ancient world of sumo. Wrestlers are often recruited early, sometimes as young as 15, and their formal education ends when they move into...

In this file photo, Canadian singer Celine Dion performs on the stage of the AccorHotels Arena in Paris. Celine Dion announced on April 29, 2022 that she postponed to 2023 all the concerts of her ‘Courage World Tour’ scheduled in Europe this year, due to a health problem. - AFP

Health woes force Celine Dion to postpone tour

Canadian superstar Celine Dion announced Friday the postponement until 2023 of European concert dates for her "Courage World Tour," citing a persistent health issue. "I feel a little better... but I still have spasms," Dion explained in a news release, updating fans on severe involuntary muscle contractions that she began experiencing late last year."I'm so sorry to have to change the dates of the European tour again; the first time it was...

US actor Tom Cruise and British-US actress Hayley Atwell are pictured during the filming of “Mission Impossible: Lybra” in Rome. - AFP

Tom Cruise unveils 'Top Gun' sequel with mid-air stunt

Tom Cruise unveiled the world-first screening of "Top Gun: Maverick" at CinemaCon in Las Vegas Thursday-introducing the long-awaited sequel while balanced atop a flying bi-plane. The new "Top Gun," which picks up the story of Maverick and his fighter pilot buddies some three decades after the blockbuster original, was scheduled to open in 2020 but was repeatedly delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.Cruise, famous for doing many of his own stunts,...

Tailor Muhammad Razzaq stitches a fabric at his shop in Islamabad, after gunmen robbed him of more than 200 outfits made for customers ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.- AFP photos

Gunmen steal hundreds of holiday outfits from tailor

Gunmen have robbed a Pakistani tailor of more than 200 outfits made for customers ahead of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, tying up and beating his staff. Muhammad Razzaq told AFP Friday that two armed men barged into his Islamabad store before making off with 240 completed or near-finished shalwar kameez outfits - Pakistan's national dress. "The police have not been able to find any clue to the ruthless guys who turned...

Photo shows pieces of a jewelry collection by Franco-Iraqi fashion designer residing in Jordan Hana Sadiq at her store in the capital Amman. With verses from love poems and flowing calligraphy, Jordan-based fashion designer Hana Sadiq stitches a testament to the beauty of Arab women. – AFP photos

A poem to Arab beauty: The fashion designs of Hana Sadiq

With verses from love poems and flowing calligraphy, Jordan-based fashion designer Hana Sadiq stitches a testament to the beauty of Arab women. In a career spanning decades, Iraqi-born Sadiq has shown her creations worldwide and dressed the stars, but she remains rooted in the traditions of her homeland. The artistic handwriting of Arabic script dominates her embroidered modern designs, with poetry or letters scattered in bright colors.She uses...

Lebanese protesters rally against the draft law on capital control, outside the parliament building in downtown Beirut on April 26, 2022. (Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)

Cash-strapped Lebanon runs out of passports

BEIRUT: The agency in charge of issuing passports in Lebanon said Thursday it has stopped taking appointments for renewals because of a rush that has depleted stocks of new passports. Since 2020, requests for passport renewals have been ten times higher than in previous years, which has piled pressure on passport centers and "affected available passport stocks," General Security said in a statement.Grappling with its worst-ever financial crisis,...

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Schools reopening amid extreme heat sparks concerns

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The sun sets behind electricity pylons in this file photo. -- Photo by Yasser Al-Zayyat

Kuwait swelters amid power cuts

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KUWAIT: HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah receives India’s External Affairs Minister Dr S Jaishankar on Aug 18, 2024. — KUNA

India looks to upgrade bilateral ties with Kuwait: Dr Jaishankar

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GAZA: Friends and relatives mourn over the body of photojournalist Ibrahim Muhareb, who was killed as he was covering the advance of Zionist forces north of Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip the previous day, at Al-Nasser Hospital on Aug 19, 2024. - AFP

Palestinian fighters claim Tel Aviv bombing, threaten more attacks

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KUWAIT: Inmates line up at the new deportation center in Sulaibiya.

New deportation center opens